Times of Israel

US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman attacked the media on Monday over what he said was a failure to fairly cover deadly protests on the Gaza border over the past months, advising reporters to “keep your mouths shut” unless they know better than Israel how to deal with the demonstrations.

Some criticism of Israel may be legitimate, Friedman allowed, but said journalists should have worked harder to find alternatives to Israel’s use of lethal force, which has left scores of Palestinians dead, before accusing the state of wrongdoing.   Continue reading “US envoy to reporters: ‘Keep your mouths shut’ on criticizing Israel over Gaza”

Haaretz

A bill submitted by three Joint List MKs calling for Israel to be defined as a state of all its citizens was disqualified by the Knesset presidium on Monday before it even reached the Knesset floor for deliberation.

Seven MKs supported the decision to ban debate on the Basic Law: A Country of All Its Citizens,” submitted by MKs Jamal Zahalka, Haneen Zoabi and Joumah Azbarga; two MKs opposed it (Esawi Freige from Meretz and Ahmad Tibi from Joint List); and MK Bezalel Smotrich from Habayit Hayehudi abstained.   Continue reading “Knesset Council Bans Bill to Define Israel as State for All Its Citizens”

Jerusalem Post

The screens of Times Square lit up with a display of Israeli innovation and ingenuity on Sunday evening. Watch the video again with The Jerusalem Post.

As part of the Celebrate Israel Parade in honor Israel’s 70th year of independence, a four-minute video played in the heart of New York City at one of its most recognizable tourist destinations.   Continue reading “NYC’S Times Square turns blue and white to celebrate Israel”

Daily Mail

Migrants living in Italy have been advised to start packing as the country’s new populist leaders repeated promises to boot them out of the country.

At a rally in northern Italy, new Interior Minister and League leader, Matteo Salvini, warned: ‘The good times for illegals are over – get ready to pack your bags.’

Salvini’s appointment was described as a ‘dream’ by one supporter, while another said on the politician’s Facebook page that the new political lineup ‘breathe a different air’.   Continue reading “Italy’s new far-right interior minister warns illegal migrants ‘the free ride is over’ as he promises mass deportations”

Information Liberation – by Chris Menahan

“At one point a girl at my table actually had to get up and leave because video after video they showed black people being assaulted by police or black people being verbally assaulted and white people being racially biased toward people of color,” a young black female Starbucks employee told Philly Mag after being forced to take part in their “racial sensitivity” training course this week.    Continue reading “Starbucks Training: Employees Forced to Watch ‘Video After Video’ Of White Cops Attacking Blacks”

Daily Mail

Google Assistant is now capable of firing a handgun.

The artificial intelligent (AI) assistant has been filmed pulling the trigger for the first time as part of a new video project from artist Alexander Reben.

‘Ok Google, activate gun,’ Reben can be heard off-screen telling the Google Home.   Continue reading “OK Google… open fire: Artist fires a gun remotely by issuing commands to his Google Assistant in a ‘disturbing’ video”

CitizenGo Canada

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is once again pushing the radical LGBT agenda on its 1.69 million daily commuters. The design for the June Metropass discount card features a picture of a mural from Toronto’s “Gay Village”. (This can also be seen on the TTC Twitter page.) The mural showcases “WorldPride 2014” – the shameless worldwide homosexual and transvestite “pride” event which was held in Toronto that year.

In a news release from the TTC, we read: “the TTC celebrates Pride with its June Metropass showcasing the 519 Mural – LGBTQ History & Community at 519 Church Street. On sale now until June 5, the pass features an image from the Church-Wellesley Village BIA that celebrates the LGBTQ community.”   Continue reading “TTC: Do Not Force Riders to Celebrate LGBT Lifestyles!”

The Electric Intifada

Palestinians are welcoming the news that Shakira won’t be playing in Tel Aviv this summer.

PACBI, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, said that Shakira’s decision dashes Israel’s hopes “to use her name to art-wash its latest massacre in Gaza.”   Continue reading “Shakira abandons plan to play in Tel Aviv”

If Americans Knew – by Alison Weir

A group of US lawmakers from both houses of Congress introduced legislation on Wednesday to apply an Israel-centric definition of anti-Semitism to the American educational system. If passed, this would likely be used to to censor information on Israel-Palestine on U.S. campuses.

The basic formulation on which the definition is based was originally created by an Israeli official in 2004. Versions have since been inserted into various entities both internationally and in the U.S., where a definition created in Europe in 2005 was adopted by an Israel partisan in the State Department in 2010. This definition is now called “the State Department definition” of antisemitism. It is this version that the current law would apply to U.S. campuses. (For more information see this.)   Continue reading “Congressional bill would apply Israel-centric definition of antisemitism to campuses”

CBS News

Stellar ratings and an apology weren’t enough to mitigate Roseanne Barr’s racist comments, and now ABC is pulling the plug on “Roseanne.” ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey says the network has decided to cancel the “Roseanne” reboot.

Dungey said in a statement to CBS News, “Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show.” In 2016, Dungey made headlines when she became the first African-American to run the entertainment division of a major broadcast television network.   Continue reading “ABC cancels “Roseanne” after Barr’s racist tweet”